تفسير : (then we reduced him) in the hereafter (to the lowest of the low) i.e. the fire; it is also said that the above means: we have created the children of adam in the best of forms when they are in the pick of their youth, then we reduce them to abject old age whereby no good deed is recorded in their favour except that which they used to do in their youth and prime,
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : then, in the case of certain individuals of his [species], we reduced him to the lowest of the low — a metaphor for old age and weakness, at which point a believer’s deeds are fewer than when he was young; but he will still have his reward, as god, exalted be he, says:
Sahl al-Tustari
تفسير : then we reduced him to the lowest of the low,that is, we transform him from state to state until he is overtaken by old age (haram).
